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  10. Posted · Edited by Guest (see edit history)

     

     

    Normalboots intro

    Jontron Intro

    Once upon a time, there was a land that had no heroes.

    Crime ran amok, people, they were stuck.

    Dead end jobs, and sometimes in dirt, gravel molasses etc.

    And then, there was light, from the hilltops a shadowy figure emerged!

    He was light but also shadow.

    He also had super strength, was made of metal and had the properties of water.

    And had great hair.

    IT WAS JONTRON MAN AND HIS TRUSTY FALCON GREASED LIGHTNING!caw

    Together they had really good hair.

    BEW BEW BEWWWWWWWWWW

    And then they made a billiondahllas. Jon: Well that was a load of shit. Can we sue? Jacques: Out the butt. Jon: Yeah, we should sue.

    Jon: MAN, REALITY SUCKS. AT LEAST THERE WERE SUPERHEROES IN FAKE! Let's go play one about it.

    Jon: Let's see, what game do we want to play today.

    Uhhhh, oh. William Dafoe basketball.

    Jon: Hah, ey, Nightshade.

    (screen jump to couch)

    Jon: Nightshade. Starring the neighborhood watch guy. Don't let him touch your kids.

    (Jumps to the signature jontron blue wire background)

    Jon: Nightshade is an interesting beast. Its a game made by Beam Software, the people who would go on to make Shadowrun.

    Jon: This game defies genre. It seems to mix and match them all over the place. But ey,

    (Beatbox music plays)

    (Fire in the background of a kid in a hulk costume)

    Jon: ITS ABOUT SUPERHEROES

    (Cuts to snes)

    (Jon throws Nightshade Cartrige at SNES)

    (Cut to game)

    Jon: NIGHTSHADE: The claws of HeECH

    Jon (Reading game text): So, pathetic meddler, your career is over before it has begun! Jon: DAMN YOU HEUCH! (Cut back to game, Sewer music plays and nightshade is moving back to bomb in a chair) Jon: Oh, oh oh, OH! I'm actually playing? Well. What a start (Hand points at bomb) I'm about to die. I GOTIET.

    Jon: (Smashing all the buttons on the controller) cmon cmon cmon cmon cmon

    (Nightshade keeps moving towards the bomb)

    CMON CMONCO CMON CMON CMON

    Game: The candle has begun burning through nightshade's ropes. *

    Jon: Oh, cmon OH I GOT IT!

    (Bomb detonates)

    Game: NIGHTSHADE IS FREE!

    Jon: Dis gon be a good game.

    I think this should be the new standard! It's like "Hey ya wanna play some sonic 2? BUBOM" (he does the meme face)

    Jon: Well I may have gotten blown up by a bomb, but apparently that's what happens when you're unpopular. Like Nightshade.

    Jon: Ah what's this?

    Game: *Walks up to crowbar

    Jon: Let's pick it up. Game: Becomes examine menu

    Jon: Woah, WHAT, xcuse me, I didn't believe I was playin TETRIS!

    Jon: So apparently if you push the A button nightshade dissapears and transforms into a blinking square. Yeh.

    Game: Jon is walking around through the sewer area

    Jon: Well I suppose what we have here is some sort of point and click adventure game hybrid.

    Jon: To interact with the environment you move the cursor around and click on stuff.

    Jon: Now here in lies the problem with Nightshade.

    (NES Controller appears on screen)

    Jon: The A button is used to examine things and the B button is used to operate things.

    Jon:But you come up to this crowbar and yer like "ALRITE ITS TIME TO PICK IT UP"

    Jon: JUST GONNA FUCKIN OH YKNOW "NOTHIN UNUSUAL HERE?" YA FUCKIN SNAKE ASS CROWBAR. ITS OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT FROM THE BRICKS.

    (Animation appears on screen) Jon: Nightshade's hard to impress. You take him to a history museum and your like "LOOK AT THAT GIANT BRONZE HORSE FROM THE EARLY BCE TIMES" and he's like "eh, nothin unusual here".

    Jon:You take him to the future history museum and you're like "hey look at that giant hologram horse from the distant ci tie"

    (CI get's crossed out) Jon: The distant CE Times and nightshade's like NIGHTSHADE CANT DO THAT.

    (Cut back to game)

    Jon: So I'm pretty sure you're supposed to pick this up, but a don do it, and b don do it, so what do it? This controller only got 2it.

    Jon: Dem buttons.

    (sped up circus music plays behind fire and the NES controller)

    Screen: THAT WAS A JOKE THX 4 COMING

    Jon: So get this. You gotta walk over to it, just in the right spot, push select to bring up your options menu, mosey on over to the pickup icon and move the reticule over to the crowbar and THEN Nightshade says "woah that something pretty unusual I'm gonna bend down and pick it up!" (Jon sighs)

    Jon: Now it doesn't sound like that big of a deal now, but this shit gets so convoluted its like "WHAT ARE ALL THESE MENU OPTIONS! I JUST WANNA PLAY THE GAME! WHAT IS THIS? SYSTEM SETTINGS?"

    Jon: By the way, watch out.

    (Screen zooms in on !Quit button)

    Jon: That button doesn't quit the menu it quits the game. I learned that the hard way. It doesn't even go "Are you sure?"

    (Windows xp "Are you sure you want to quit? Window appears on screen" It's just PBBH.

    Jon is looking at tv, and then looks at camera like in The Office

    Jon: So like you go up to this statue and examine it right and it's like

    Game: Hmm, the statue has a keyhole

    Jon: WHELL AINT THAT A PICKLED PEACH! I picked one up in the other room.

    Jon: Well, let's use it on the statue so we can advance! So, uh I push a, scroll over to the key, and

    Game displays in text box: Nightshade can't do that

    Jon: Ah, of course. What you ACTUALLY have to do is hit select, go to use, select the key, move the reticule over the item of interest, and THEN push a. DATS how ya do it.

    Jon: And you just keep FUCKING Up. And you just keep going back and getting lost in ALL the menus!

    Jon: Not to mention on top of the stress of navigating the menus there's sometimes a time constraint! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO DAT?

    (Yellow letters across screen)

    HOWAMISUPPOZEDTODOTHAT!

    Jon:It's hard not to get flustered when you're just sitting there goin uh- I just- I just wanna open this, I JUST WANNA OPEN,

    Jon: HOW! HOW DO I FUCKING OPEN THE FUCKIN THING! SHIET.

    Jon: I get what this game was going for, I really do, It's trying to be a point-and-click adventure game like kings quest or monkey island.

    Jon: But in those games you have a whole keyboard and mouse. Here you have a d-pad, 4 buttons, and a disaperating protagonist.

    Jon: HEY, ITS CALLED A POINT-AND-CLICK, not a sloooow, scroll over there, goin to the menu, keep goin, keep goin,

    Jon: Now that's ok, I can forgive it,

    Jon: (Sees police officer) WOOOOOOOAWH

    Jon: Lookit that cop! Lookat dat old-timey cop! Look atim just tip-tappin around! Happier than mom and grandma's eggs on a saturday!

    Jon:Hello fine sir-

    (Game cuts to battle sequence)

    Jon: WOAH

    Jon: I wasn't expecting that!

    Game: Shows Nightshade fighting Police Officer

    (Screen cuts to jon and shows him laughing at game)

    Jon: hohoho, This game just went from check minus to check PLUS.

    Jon: (Imitating cop) WELL IF IT'S A FIGHT YOU WANT IT'S A FIGHT YOU'LL GET!

    Jon: (Normal again) CMERE! IMA GETCHA! IIIIIMA GETCHA!

    (Jon beats cop)

    Jon: Oh look! I'm popular now! Ok!

    Jon: So, I guess there's nothing in this room then, except for that cop. I'm goin around tryin everything nothing's happening.

    Jon: These curtains look important. Nah. Nightshade likes it to be night. In the shade. He doesn't want to acknowledge curta-

    Jon: Ah fuck just cut that, just cut that whole thing.

    Jon: So now, as always, we come upon the age old point-and-click adventure game addage of having to try EVERYTHING with EVERYTHING. Jon: You on you, and occasionally, tryin you with you, on you. It didn't work.

    the golden scene I knew you were looking for

    Jon: Let's try using this crowbar on this anubis for a second. Game: Congratulations! You've just won the "Jef and Paul award for excellence and shopping centers!"

    Jon: I'm sorry what? (Reading game screen)

    Game: *Actually the crowbar snaps in two.

    Jon: (Reads game text and Turns away from screen and looks at camera like in The Office)

    Game: Just kidding

    Jon: (Reads game text)

    Jon: Fool me once, I'm mad.

    Jon: Fool me twice, how could you.

    Jon: Fool me three times, you're officially that guy okay? You know the one. You go to the bar and he's like: "This suit is officially a georgio armani, actually my dad knows him"

    Jon: FAUCK YOU.

    Jon: I AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIINT havin that shit.* (Little smile)

    (Cuts back to game)

    Jon: So, what you're actually supposed to do is look at the painting from a distance, lemme go ahead and break that down for ya

    Jon: You're supposed to look at the painting, from a distance, walk up to it quickly, and scuttle through it. This is clearly the obvious.

    Jon: So after ALL THIS NONSENSE you turn off the water and you can finally exit the grate in the first area to enter the game's overworld. In game text: Oh great. The grate's stuck. Cool! What a great grate. My great great grandfather father had a grate that was greater than this though. It didn't have all the rust that this one had.

    Jon:Oh great. The grate's stuck. Cool! What a great grate. My great great grandfather father had a grate that was greater than this thou- (Fake vomits)

    (game cuts to nightshade overworld) Jon:Jeez, this is a BIG overworld. How'd they fit so much on this little cartridge? In fact, it seems everyone around Nighshade's town requires some sort of saving or another.

    (Game cuts go burning building with girl at the top)

    Game text: (Girl): *Help! Save me!

    Jon: (Falsetto) HELP! SAVE ME!

    (Camera zooms in on girl's game icon, which seems to be normal and happy despite the fact she is in a burning building.)

    Jon: Well, you're oddly normal and complacent for someone who's about to die a fiery DEATH! U KNO?

    (Game: Nighshade running around burning building)

    Jon: OH!!!! OOOOH!!! OH!!! YOU'RE- OHMGOD! JUST STEY UP DERE! JUST STAY UP! IM COMIN RIGHT UP! OH JEEZ!

    (Game: Victory music plays while Nightshade falls down with Girl on a parachute from the burning building)

    Game Text: Oh Nightshade, my hero!

    Jon: (Falsetto) (reads game text)

    Jon: Aw shit. Well I guess that's it. Aw man. (Nightshade leaves burning building area)

    Jon: Okay so this is one of those games that gives you NO FEEDBACK WHATSOEVER. Jon: I'm just going around doing random things waiting for something to happen! But oh my luck, it never does.

    (game: Jon meets a giant rat enemy)

    Jon: Oh, youknow, a giant rat.

    Jon: Oh god, did he just sneeze at me? GROESS.

    Jon: FUCK IT I AINT ABOVE PUNCHIN RATS! YEAHHHH!

    (Laugh track plays)

    (Game cuts to a guy saying DUHHHH and then the same man is beating up an old lady)

    (Music cuts out and it zooms in on the event)

    (Jon has no expression so he does the meme face, this one)

    (Action music plays and Jon takes the Nightshade cartridge)

    (He takes it to his garage and throws it against the wall)

    Jon: IM SICK OF YER SHIT!

    (Jon takes Mjolnir and smashes the cartridge)

    (The mjolnir breaks)

    Jon: Slow motion speech plays while he breaks the hammer, and then he lies down holding the hilt of the hammer, using it as a microphone.

    Jon: (Smashes Nightshade cartridge until it breaks with a chair)

    Jon: (Smashes cartridge with a scooter and then screen cuts to him using broken hammer as a microphone)

    (Video slows down and it shows jon on a spaceship heading through space)

    (Jon heads towards the sun and dies)

    (Cuts to post-video)

    Jon: Wanna keep up to date with my things? Well go to twitter.com/Jontronshow/follow!

    Jon: (slurred) Thanks for watching! I don have much to day. Go watch game grumps if ya havent. You can click any of the annotations to go. Don't stress, it's optional.

    (video ends)

     

     

     

    (btw i typed this all myself on rerddit)

  18. Posted

    rip whats a school

    A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory.[citation needed] In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the Regional section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught, is commonly called a university college or university.

     

    In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary and secondary education. Kindergarten or pre-school provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be available after secondary school. A school may also be dedicated to one particular field, such as a school of economics or a school of dance. Alternative schools may provide nontraditional curriculum and methods.

     

    There are also non-government schools, called private schools. Private schools may be required when the government does not supply adequate, or special education. Other private schools can also be religious, such as Christian schools, hawzas, yeshivas, and others; or schools that have a higher standard of education or seek to foster other personal achievements. Schools for adults include institutions of corporate training, Military education and training and business schools.

     

    In homeschooling and online schools, teaching and learning take place outside of a traditional school building.

     

     

     

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    Etymology

    The word school derives from Greek σχολή (scholē), originally meaning "leisure" and also "that in which leisure is employed", but later "a group to whom lectures were given, school".[1][2][3]

     

    History and development

    Main article: History of education

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    Plato's academy, mosaic from Pompeii.

    The concept of grouping students together in a centralized location for learning has existed since Classical antiquity. Formal schools have existed at least since ancient Greece (see Academy), ancient Rome (see Education in Ancient Rome) ancient India (see Gurukul), and ancient China (see History of education in China). The Byzantine Empire had an established schooling system beginning at the primary level. According to Traditions and Encounters, the founding of the primary education system began in 425 AD and "... military personnel usually had at least a primary education ...". The sometimes efficient and often large government of the Empire meant that educated citizens were a must. Although Byzantium lost much of the grandeur of Roman culture and extravagance in the process of surviving, the Empire emphasized efficiency in its war manuals. The Byzantine education system continued until the empire's collapse in 1453 AD.[4]

     

    Islam was another culture that developed a school system in the modern sense of the word. Emphasis was put on knowledge, which required a systematic way of teaching and spreading knowledge, and purpose-built structures. At first, mosques combined both religious performance and learning activities, but by the 9th century, the Madrassa was introduced, a proper school that was built independently from the mosque. They were also the first to make the Madrassa system a public domain under the control of the Caliph. The Nizamiyya madrasa is considered by consensus of scholars to be the earliest surviving school, built towards 1066 AD by Emir Nizam Al-Mulk.[citation needed]

     

    Under the Ottomans, the towns of Bursa and Edirne became the main centers of learning. The Ottoman system of Külliye, a building complex containing a mosque, a hospital, madrassa, and public kitchen and dining areas, revolutionized the education system, making learning accessible to a wider public through its free meals, health care and sometimes free accommodation.

     

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    One-room school in 1935, Alabama.

    The 19th century historian, Scott holds that a remarkable correspondence exists between the procedure established by those institutions and the methods of the present day. They had their collegiate courses, their prizes for proficiency in scholarship, their oratorical and poetical contests, their commencements and their degrees. In the department of medicine, a severe and prolonged examination, conducted by the most eminent physicians of the capital, was exacted of all candidates desirous of practicing their profession, and such as were unable to stand the test were formally pronounced incompetent.[citation needed]

     

    In Europe, universities emerged during the 12th century; here, scholasticism was an important tool, and the academicians were called schoolmen. During the Middle Ages and much of the Early Modern period, the main purpose of schools (as opposed to universities) was to teach the Latin language. This led to the term grammar school, which in the United States informally refers to a primary school, but in the United Kingdom means a school that selects entrants based on ability or aptitude. Following this, the school curriculum has gradually broadened to include literacy in the vernacular language as well as technical, artistic, scientific and practical subjects.

     

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    Mental Calculations. In the school of S.Rachinsky by Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky. Russia, 1895.

    Obligatory school attendance became common in parts of Europe during the 18th century. In Denmark-Norway, this was introduced as early as in 1739-1741, the primary end being to increase the literacy of the almue, i.e. the "regular people".[5] Many of the earlier public schools in the United States and elsewhere were one-room schools where a single teacher taught seven grades of boys and girls in the same classroom. Beginning in the 1920s, one-room schools were consolidated into multiple classroom facilities with transportation increasingly provided by kid hacks and school buses.

     

    Regional terms

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    A madrasah in the Gambia.

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    Loyola School, Chennai, India — run by the Catholic Diocese of Madras. Christian missionaries played a pivotal role in establishing modern schools in India.

    The use of the term school varies by country, as do the names of the various levels of education within the country.

     

    United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations

    In the United Kingdom, the term school refers primarily to pre-university institutions, and these can, for the most part, be divided into pre-schools or nursery schools, primary schools (sometimes further divided into infant school and junior school), and secondary schools. Various types of secondary schools in England and Wales include grammar schools, comprehensives, secondary moderns, and city academies. In Scotland, while they may have different names, all Secondary schools are the same, except in that they may be funded by the state, or independently funded (see next paragraph). It is unclear if "Academies", which are a hybrid between state and independently funded/controlled schools and have been introduced to England in recent years, will ever be introduced to Scotland. School performance in Scotland is monitored by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education. Ofsted reports on performance in England and Estyn reports on performance in Wales.

     

    In the United Kingdom, most schools are publicly funded and known as state schools or maintained schools in which tuition is provided free. There are also private schools or independent schools that charge fees. Some of the most selective and expensive private schools are known as public schools, a usage that can be confusing to speakers of North American English. In North American usage, a public school is one that is publicly funded or run.

     

    In much of the Commonwealth of Nations, including Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, and Tanzania, the term school refers primarily to pre-university institutions.

     

    India

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    A school building in Kannur, India.

    In ancient India, schools were in the form of Gurukuls. Gurukuls were traditional Hindu residential schools of learning; typically the teacher's house or a monastery. During the Mughal rule, Madrasahs were introduced in India to educate the children of Muslim parents. British records show that indigenous education was widespread in the 18th century, with a school for every temple, mosque or village in most regions of the country. The subjects taught included Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Theology, Law, Astronomy, Metaphysics, Ethics, Medical Science and Religion.

     

    Under the British rule in India, Christian missionaries from England, USA and other countries established missionary and boarding schools throughout the country. Later as these schools gained in popularity, more were started and some gained prestige. These schools marked the beginning of modern schooling in India and the syllabus and calendar they followed became the benchmark for schools in modern India. Today most of the schools follow the missionary school model in terms of tutoring, subject / syllabus, governance etc.with minor changes. Schools in India range from schools with large campuses with thousands of students and hefty fees to schools where children are taught under a tree with a small / no campus and are totally free of cost. There are various boards of schools in India, namely Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), Madrasa Boards of various states, Matriculation Boards of various states, State Boards of various boards, Anglo Indian Board, and so on. The typical syllabus today includes Language(s), Mathematics, Science — Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History, General Knowledge, Information Technology / Computer Science etc.. Extra curricular activities include physical education / sports and cultural activities like music, choreography, painting, theater / drama etc.

     

    Europe

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    Chemistry lesson at a German Gymnasium, Bonn, 1988.

    In much of continental Europe, the term school usually applies to primary education, with primary schools that last between four and nine years, depending on the country. It also applies to secondary education, with secondary schools often divided between Gymnasiums and vocational schools, which again depending on country and type of school educate students for between three and six years. In Germany students graduating from Grundschule are not allowed to directly progress into a vocational school, but are supposed to proceed to one of Germany's general education schools such as Gesamtschule, Hauptschule, Realschule or Gymnasium. When they leave that school, which usually happens at age 15-19 they are allowed to proceed to a vocational school. The term school is rarely used for tertiary education, except for some upper or high schools (German: Hochschule), which describe colleges and universities.

     

    In Eastern Europe modern schools (after World War II), of both primary and secondary educations, often are combined, while secondary education might be split into accomplished or not. The schools are classified as middle schools of general education and for the technical purposes include "degrees" of the education they provide out of three available: the first — primary, the second — unaccomplished secondary, and the third — accomplished secondary. Usually the first two degrees of education (eight years) are always included, while the last one (two years) gives option for the students to pursue vocational or specialized educations.

     

    North America and the United States

    In North America, the term school can refer to any educational institution at any level, and covers all of the following: preschool (for toddlers), kindergarten, elementary school, middle school (also called intermediate school or junior high school, depending on specific age groups and geographic region), senior high school, college, university, and graduate school.

     

    In the US, school performance through high school is monitored by each state's Department of Education. Charter schools are publicly funded elementary or secondary schools that have been freed from some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools. The terms grammar school and grade school are sometimes used to refer to a primary school.

     

    Ownership and operation

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    Primary school students with their teacher, Colombia, 2014

    Many schools are owned or funded by states. Private schools operate independently from the government. Private schools usually rely on fees from families whose children attend the school for funding; however, sometimes such schools also receive government support (for example, through School vouchers). Many private schools are affiliated with a particular religion; these are known as parochial schools.

     

    Starting a school

    The Toronto District School Board is an example of a school board that allows parents to design and propose new schools.[6]

     

    When designing a school, factors that need to be decided include:[7]

     

    • Goals: What is the purpose of education, and what is the school's role?
    • Governance: Who will make which decisions?
    • Parent involvement: In which ways are parents welcome at the school?
    • Student body: Will it be, for example, a neighbourhood school or a specialty school?
    • Student conduct: What behaviour is acceptable, and what happens when behaviour is inappropriate?
    • Curriculum: What will be the curriculum model, and who will decide on curricula?

    Components of most schools

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    A school entrance building in Australia.

    Schools are organized spaces purposed for teaching and learning. The classrooms, where teachers teach and students learn, are of central importance. Classrooms may be specialized for certain subjects, such as laboratory classrooms for science education and workshops for industrial arts education.

     

    Typical schools have many other rooms and areas, which may include:

     

    • Cafeteria (Commons), dining hall or canteen where students eat lunch and often breakfast and snacks.
    • Athletic field, playground, gym, and/or track place where students participating in sports or physical education practice
    • School yards, that is, all-purpose playfields typically in elementary schools, often made of concrete, although some are being transformed into environmentally friendly teaching gardens by landscape artists such as Sharon Gamson Danks.[8][9]
    • Auditorium or hall where student theatrical and musical productions can be staged and where all-school events such as assemblies are held
    • Office where the administrative work of the school is done
    • Library where students ask librarians reference questions, check out books and magazines, and often use computers
    • Computer labs where computer-based work is done and the internet accessed

    Security

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    To curtail violence, some schools have added CCTV surveillancecameras. This is especially common in schools with excessive gang activity or violence.

    The safety of staff and students is increasingly becoming an issue for school communities, an issue most schools are addressing through improved security. Some have also taken measures such as installing metal detectors or video surveillance. Others have even taken measures such as having the children swipe identification cards as they board the school bus. For some schools, these plans have included the use of door numbering to aid public safety response.[clarification needed]

     

    Other security concerns faced by schools include bomb threats, gangs, vandalism,[10] and bullying.[11]

     

    Health services

    Main article: School health services

    School health services are services from medical, teaching and other professionals applied in or out of school to improve the health and well-being of children and in some cases whole families. These services have been developed in different ways around the globe but the fundamentals are constant: the early detection, correction, prevention or amelioration of disease, disability and abuse from which school aged children can suffer.

     

    Online schools and classes

    Main article: Virtual school

    Some schools offer remote access to their classes over the Internet. Online schools also can provide support to traditional schools, as in the case of the School Net Namibia. Some online classes also provide experience in a class, so that when people take them, they have already been introduced to the subject and know what to expect, and even more classes provide High School/College credit allowing people to take the classes at their own pace. Many online classes cost money to take but some are offered free.

     

    Internet-based distance learning programs are offered widely through many universities. Instructors teach through online activities and assignments. Online classes are taught the same as physically being in class with the same curriculum. The instructor offers the syllabus with their fixed requirements like any other class. Students can virtually turn their assignments in to their instructors according to deadlines. This being through via email or in the course webpage. This allowing students to work at their own pace, yet meeting the correct deadline. Students taking an online class have more flexibility in their schedules to take their classes at a time that works best for them. Conflicts with taking an online class may include not being face to face with the instructor when learning or being in an environment with other students. Online classes can also make understanding the content difficult, especially when not able to get in quick contact with the instructor. Online students do have the advantage of using other online sources with assignments or exams for that specific class. Online classes also have the advantage of students not needing to leave their house for a morning class or worrying about their attendance for that class. Students can work at their own pace to learn and achieve within that curriculum.[12]

     

    The convenience of learning at home has been a major attractive point for enrolling online. Students can attend class anywhere a computer can go—at home, a library or while traveling internationally. Online school classes are designed to fit your needs, while allowing you to continue working and tending to your other obligations.[13] Online school education is divided into three subcategories: Online Elementary School, Online Middle School, Online High school.

     

    Stress

    As a profession, teaching has levels of work-related stress (WRS)[14] that are among the highest of any profession in some countries, such as the United Kingdom and the United States.[15] The degree of this problem is becoming increasingly recognized and support systems are being put into place.[16][17] Teacher education increasingly recognizes the need to train those new to the profession to be aware of and overcome mental health challenges they may face.[citation needed]

     

    Stress sometimes affects students more severely than teachers, up to the point where the students are prescribed stress medication. This stress is claimed to be related to standardized testing, and the pressure on students to score above average.[18][19] See Cram school.

     

    Discipline

    Main article: School discipline

    Schools and their teachers have always been under pressure — for instance, pressure to cover the curriculum, to perform well in comparison to other schools, and to avoid the stigma of being "soft" or "spoiling" toward students. Forms of discipline, such as control over when students may speak, and normalized behaviour, such as raising a hand to speak, are imposed in the name of greater efficiency. Practitioners of critical pedagogy maintain that such disciplinary measures have no positive effect on student learning. Indeed, some argue that disciplinary practices detract from learning, saying that they undermine students' individual dignity and sense of self-worth—the latter occupying a more primary role in students' hierarchy of needs.

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    So I got assigned a ton of projects this week like a dbq and a poster board project because my teachers want to squeeze everything in before spring break.

    So I'll be on the servers a lot less because I have a LOT of homework to do, and I'll be gone from the 25th of March to April 1st (spring break)

    I'll be active again after because I have PARCC testing so less classes = less work.

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    +1 because I shamelessly just do not like duketown

    +1 for the same reason

    but honestly why do people have such a need to have porn in their maps? i just don't understand, its just going to get it less popular on servers.

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